Books

AI literacy, from the boardroom to the kitchen table.

Explore books by Sandra Mackechnie, where artificial intelligence meets creativity, curiosity and the changing world around us. From understanding how AI is reshaping the way we work to introducing children to creative possibilities through OOPLI & ME, these books are designed to inspire readers to think differently.

Same belief behind both: AI should be accessible to everyone, at any age. Because understanding AI is the first step to using it with confidence.

For professionals · Available now

Finally, The Smartest Person In The Room

How AI became my equalizer in rooms that weren't built for me

You made the point. Nobody heard it. Two minutes later someone else said the same thing and the room lit up.

I've sat in that room more times than I can count. This book is about what happened after I stopped waiting for it to change. AI is the first tool that rewards cognitive merit over institutional permission. This is the practical, no-jargon playbook for using it to make your work impossible to ignore.

Written for
✓Experienced professionals who've always been the most prepared person at the table
✓Anyone who tried to "learn AI" and found it either too basic or too technical
✓Women who are done watching their ideas get credited to someone else
For kids 6 to 8 and their grown-ups · Available now

OOPLI & ME

My First Colouring Adventure with AI

Kids are already talking to AI. Most of them have no idea how it works. Neither do a lot of the adults handing them the tablet.

OOPLI & ME teaches the big ideas through colouring, silly questions and real conversation. Every activity has a grown-up page beside it, so you learn it together.

The big ideas inside
✓AI isn't looking up the answer. It's spotting patterns and guessing what comes next.
✓AI can't read your mind. The more detail you give it, the less it has to guess.
✓AI can sound completely sure and still be wrong. Check what matters.

The book is the start. Your team is the work.

Reading about AI changes how you think. Putting it to work changes your numbers. If you want this thinking inside your organization, let's find where AI actually pays off for you.

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